Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 Offline Installer

.NET Framework 4.6.1 has been released by Microsoft recently and is available for download and installation. This release includes more than 150 bug fixes and some new features have also been included in the update. The core of this framework remains the same as of .NET Framework 4.6 release.

Let’s go through some of the new features and enhancements included in this release of .NET Framework and then head towards the direct download links to 4.6.1 offline installers.

Features

Windows Presentation Foundation improvements

The WPF has been improved with enhancements in spell check, support for per user custom dictionaries and improved touch performance as it becomes more and more integrated into Windows 10. You can read more about WPF improvements on the WPF team blog.

Cryptography security updates

Better SQL connectivity

There has been some improvement to how SQL connectivity works. Support for AlwaysOn and AlwaysEncrypted functionality for SQL connectivity has been added. You can read more about this from MSDN library here and here.

Download Links

While Microsoft recommends its users to install .NET Framework using the web installer, it can be installed using the full standalone installer. Both installers are free and work fine. I’m giving the download links of both the installers.

If you are using Windows 10 with fast updates enabled, then there is no need to install this update as most probably, this update has already been installed in your system automatically by Windows Update.